Both solutions are license free, open-source with no hard-coded limitation for developers all over the world and a strong community approach. Surprisingly, while osCommerce had its prime time between 2004 and 2008 and then stop developing, Magento is constantly growing since 2007.

The graph below illustrates search volume index that is permanently increasing for this platform. You can check that in the graph below. Also now at Alexa ranking Magento is number 1 e-commerce solution, while osCommerce is number 4. If you check the table below you can see that numbers speak for itself.

osCommerce

Magento

Numer of stores

12,800 sites

About 200 k stores with 30 k merchants

Number of partners

15 partners

more than 300 partners

Number of official developer companies

4

More than 200 companies

Support/Community

over 270,000 community

uncountable worldwide community

Extensions

7 thousend

uncountable number of extensions

Number of thames and templates

75-100

500+

Payment methods

42 modules are available

more than 200.

Shipping methods

19 shipping methods modules

around 170 extensions

HTML5 image uploader

Coupons

Discounts

Product image zoom capability

E-mail templates

Responsive Design

can be done but with a cost

build in option in the newest version

Latest version

osCommerce Online Merchant v2.3

Magento CE 1.9 / Enterprise 1.13.1.0

Hosting

from 10$

20$ +

SUPPORT

OsCommerce has over 1.5 Million postings that have been made by over 270,000 community membersconsisting of store owners, developers, and service providers.

Magento has international support from developers and other retailers all over the world. At Magento you have ready to use and learn from free tutorials, group’s discussions and huge knowledgebase.

EXTENSIONS

There are around 7 thousand of add-ons at osCommerce. Though it also seems the number of new features is decreasing year after year. The number though is big, as there are not many buil in features at osCommerce that you can take advatage from for free, to make your osCommerce site you have to invest in many extensions.

Magento has one of the largestmarketplace of extensions with thousands of them being free to use, they are reviews, tutorials on how to benefit from them and how to install them. Almost every day something new appears.

SHIPPING METHODS AVAILABLE:

osCommerce 19 shipping methods modules, there are available for FedEx, USPS, and UPS.

Magento build options: Free shipping, flat rate, table rates, online rates there are around 170 extensions, all delivery services makes it easy to integrate with them like DPD, FadeEX, DHL express and more.

TEMPLATES

Magento build templates are much more modern and attractive than at osCommerce. You can see it with these template examples. What is more Magento 1.9 has a build responsive design option, so no extra cost here. Read about responsive design

TO SUM UP MAGENTO VERSUS OSCOMMERCE

WHAT CAN YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE IF YOU MIGRATE FROM OSCOMMERCE TO MAGENTO?

SEO friendly solutions like search words report or the ability to enter SEO friendly URL’s and meta tags configurable to all pages of your store and much more. Especially with Google Analytics features added.

Responsive build in template

Newsletter in the pop-up with specific promotions

One step checkout extension range of extensions from free to 245 euro.

Editable order e-mails

Speed Optimized

Ajax cart to increase conversion

Social media integrations in unstandardized way

Up sell – Magento build option while on os-commerce not all sites offer upsell and it depends on the industry if this is included in a design,

Cross sell – also Magento build option while on os-Commerce you have to install a module

Blog integrations

Check list of magento build-in features that you can take advantage from.